Jolena Jeffrey, Antuan M. Johnson and Marilyn Gabriela Robb
The civil rights, employment, and whistleblower law firm Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP today announced that Jolena Jeffrey and Antuan M. Johnson have joined the firm’s Washington office as associates and Marilyn Gabriela Robb has joined as a law clerk.
“We are very happy to welcome Jolena, Antuan and Marilyn to our dedicated team,” said Debra S. Katz, a founding partner of Katz, Marshall & Banks. “Each of them brings unique and highly relevant experiences and knowledge to our work for clients in areas including employment, sexual harassment, and civil rights.”
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Jeffrey was an assistant district attorney at the Queens County District Attorney’s Office in New York City. In that role, she managed more than 200 misdemeanor or felony cases, which involved issues including purview of discovery, suppression of evidence, and the legal sufficiency of claims. As a law student, she worked in the Civil Advocacy Clinic, assisting low income persons with employment matters. She also served as the executive editor of the labor and employment law brief. Ms. Jeffrey received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from Babson College.
Mr. Johnson was most recently an associate at Debevoise & Plimpto LLP, where he focused his practice on complex commercial litigation matters. As a law student, he served as a teaching fellow for courses on sex equality and sexual harassment in employment and education. He currently serves as a board member for the ERA Coalition, which supports legislative strategies that aim to increase constitutional protections against discrimination. Mr. Johnson received his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He also holds a Master of Arts from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Robb previously clerked for Judge Duane Benton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As a law student, she served as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law & Policy Review, the official legal publication of the American Constitution Society. She also was a student attorney with Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Institute, representing clients facing misdemeanor and felony charges in Boston criminal courts from arraignment to dismissal. Also during law school, she worked for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice under President Obama, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, and Arnold & Porter LLP. Ms. Robb received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University.
About Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP
Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP is a boutique law firm representing plaintiffs in the areas of whistleblower, employment discrimination and sexual harassment law; Title IX of the Education Amendments; and other civil rights and civil liberties matters. The firm’s lawyers also represent whistleblowers in retaliation cases and reward programs before the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Programs, and through the filing of “qui tam” actions under the False Claims Act. The firm and its attorneys consistently are recognized as leaders in whistleblower and employment law nationally and in the Washington, D.C., area. For more information, visit http://www.kmblegal.com.
